Interview: "I firmly believe that the future of the relationship between Japan and China is bright."

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, September 25th: "I firmly believe that the future of the relationship between Japan and China is light"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Qiao Mei Li Guangzheng

"The normalization of Japan -China diplomatic relations is not easy. I hope that the two countries can continue to maintain friendship in the future." The granddaughter of the former Prime Minister of Japan, the granddaughter of the granddaughter, who said in an exclusive interview with the Xinhua News Agency on the 24th: "I believe that the relationship between the two countries in Japan and China The future is bright. "

On September 25, 1972, the Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Tanaka, regardless of domestic pressure and opposed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dading Fang, went to Beijing to conduct negotiations on normalization of Japan -China diplomatic relations. On September 29, the Chinese and Japanese governments issued the "China -Japan Joint Statement", and China and Japan achieved normalization of diplomatic relations.

On September 25, 50 years ago, Watanabe was just 10 years old. "That morning, the capital highway was blocked across the board, and the patrol car patrolling with red light opened silently in front of the road. I was sitting in the last car of the sentient team. It is still engraved in my mind so far. "Watanabe recalled:" Before departure, there were opposition to the power parade every day. One day more than 1,000 right -wing elements conflicted with the riot police near my home. Get up. I peeped out from the closed rain window gap, and my heart was very scared. "

The normalization of Japan -China diplomatic relations is the political wish of Dading Zhengfang, which is related to the historical origin of Japan and China and a period of experience in mainland China when he was young. In 1939, Daping was transferred to Zhangjiakou to work. "In about a year and a half, he visited many regions of China and witnessed the prevalence of the Japanese military, thus giving birth to a sense of atonement of China. At that time, Da Ping realized that Japan and China must work unremitting efforts to achieve Ways in harmony, "Watanabe said.

After Dading served as the Prime Minister of Japan, it provided government development assistance for China's economic development. It also promoted cultivating Japanese teachers for China and vigorously promoting cultural exchanges between the two countries.

"In 1992, I accompanied my parents to Beijing to participate in the 20th anniversary celebration of the normalization of Japan -China diplomatic relations. It was the first time I went to China and received a enthusiastic ones of China. In 2018, when the grandfather who had died was awarded the Chinese Reform Friendship Medal, I Putting a kimono with a peace pigeon pattern left by grandmother to go to Beijing to receive the prize. "Watanabe said:" I felt the respect of everyone in China, and I was deeply moved. "

Watanabe has been determined to grow up in Japan after growing up and became a TV producer. After becoming a TV producer, he launched a lot of large TV programs related to China. Watanabe is currently the vice chairman of the Commission of the Japan -China Film Festival, and often participates in the Japanese and Chinese folk and literary exchanges. She said that these tasks enriched her "life."

"I have recently been invited to participate in a Japanese middle school student meeting initiated by young people. Both young people in the two countries respect each other's culture. Young people should be responsible for the future of the two countries and create a sustainable conversation and exchange environment for them. Adults should do. "Watanabe said:" I believe that the future of the relationship between the two countries of Japan is bright. "

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